GRAHAM SOLDIER IN KOREA
NAACP Readies Pl^For
Action In Dixie
Two forward obserren spot! in Korea. The two, S(t. James i Schofield, Oxbow Rd., Weston,
enemy positions on a map at D. Stone (left), Route 1, Vjira- Mass., are members of the 3d
tiieir forward observation post ham, N. C., and PFC Conrad Division’s 58th Field Artillery
, Battalion.—(U. S. Army Photo)
Bob Church, GOP Leader,
Is Buried In Memphis
Special
MEMPHIS
The son of a former slave
who rose to be the top Negro
Republican in the country
di^ here last Thursday and
was buried in Elmwood Cem
etery on Sunday.
He was Robert “Bob”
Church, who, through many
years ^ service and devo
tion to the Republican Party,
came to be known as an in
fluential politician of in
estimable value and worth to
his people.
Church’s father, Robert Sr.,
w«ui one of the early day Negro
milUonaires, a shrewd business
man who left a son and two
daughters when he died in 1921.
Young Church attedded Ober-
lin College.in Ohio before going
to Wall Street where he was ac
tive in banking for five years.
After retornlug to Mwnphis
to assume responsibilities in
the Solvent Savings Bank
whioh his father bad fowded,
he began bis politieal career
which shot him to the top in
Republican ranks.
Church was one of the chief
exponents of registering and vot
ing and his insistence that the
Negro could change many imder-
sirable conditions by his vote
was reflected in his lengthy and
successful participation in poli
tics.
The story of Church’s role In
the ousting of former Memphis
Mayor, Edward (Boss) Crump,
was known by thousands of vot
ers who didn’t know tl^ Church
had t>een directly responsible
ans to office.
Presidents sought counsel
from Church, who, in all his
many political endeavors,''re
tained the resi>ect of friends and
constituents by his unassuming
manner and quiet temperament.
After returning last October
to Manpbis from Chicago —
where he had gone during the
depresslMi years—Char A had
resumed active participation
In politics and had announced
his support of General Eisen
hower tor the Republican
nomination for president.
The man whom Chjtircb tau^t
the tricks of ix>litics, Lieutenant
George W. Lee, will now be
come the Church whom thou
sands of American’s knew as one
of the Negro race’s greatest
politicians.
30 High School Choral Groups Participate In
18th Annual Music Festival, Contest At NCC
Marion Egbert, (right), field
worker of the American Music
Conference, was to serve as
one of the critics at the 18th
annual state high school mu
sic festival and contest, sche
duled at North Carolina Col
lege, Friday.
Warner Lawson, dean of
Howard University’s school of
Music, was to be the other
critic judge. Lawson 'was to
direct aomass chorus of over
900 voices, composed of choirs
from 30 high schools in this
district.
The thirty participating high
schools choruses In this area,
'including Hillside’s, were
those which received a rating
of “one” (maximum) at the
district elimination held last
winter.
In addition to the Glee clubs’
and choruses which scheduled
participation in the festival,
the finals of the state piano
contest were tp be held. The
piano finalists were also win
ners at the district elimina
tions which were held in
March and earlier this month.
Miss T. H. Claggett, director
of Music at Hillside, is presi
dent of the sponsoring North
Carolina Music Teachers’ As
sociation.
Resoluiivii
Strikes At
Candidotes
ATLANTA
Fifty delegates from six
southern states ended a two-
day political action institute
here Sunday, April 20, with
the adoption of a statement
affirming their dedication “to
the task of attaining a regis
tration of 2,000,000 Negro
voters in this region.”
The institute, sponsored by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
was devoted to the training of
woriiers in the techniques of or
ganizing registration and get-
out-the-vote drives, to a study of
registration requirements in the
various southern states and the
legal steps to l>e taken when
registration is denied, to a con
sideration of the political issues
of 1952, and to the means of in
volving the churches, labor un
ions, fraternal associations and
other community organizations
in the campaign.
Attending the institute were
workers from Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama and Texas. They
adopted a resolution, part of
which follows:
“None of the avowed candi
dates for the presidency Iws,
as yet, demonstrated any gen
uine concern for clvU rights.
General of the Army, Dwight
D. Eisenhower, Is on reewd
in defense of segregation in the
Army. He has not publicly dls-
vowed his testimony in 1948
before the Senate Armed Ser
vices Committee in snpport at
dualism in the Army.
“Senator Robert A. Taft has
clearly indicated that he is of-
posed to an FEPC law wtth
enforcement powers. In addi
tion, he is openly courting the
Dixiecrats. Governor Karl
Warren has givsa Uf tenim
to civil rights but has failed to
deUver, in his heme slate of
California. Of General Doug
las MacArthur, the less said
the better.
“The picture on the Bemo-
eretle side ie eqaally gleeo^.
Save for his position on tiie
anti-poll tax bills. Senator
Estes Kefauver has voted with
other senators from this region
against tloture and other civU
rights measures. Senator Rich
ard Russell, of course, is not
seriously considered by any
one who recognises the j^ave
moral blight of enforced racial
segregation. Despite a recent
disavowal. Senator Robert
Kerr has done noOiing to in
dicate that lie is not whole
heartedly In agreement witti
the Dixiecrats on racial and
economic Issues.
“A ‘compromise’ ticket with
a northern ‘liberal’ for presi
dent and Senator Russell tor
vice-president will not be ac
ceptable. Should the Demo
crats nominate such a slate
they can kiss the Negro vote
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AT WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
See Eventual End Of Jim Crow Schools
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Onrham. North Carolina, ander Act of March S. ISTt.
VOLUME 30 — NUMBER 17
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY, APRIL Z6th, 1952
PRICE TIN cum
Urge Probe In Moore Slaying
NEW YORK the coordinator of the National countable for the safety of thoee
Pvt. Theodore Quick, Jr., son
of Mrs. Fannie Quick, 607 Fay-
ettevUle St., is serving with the
Army somewhere in Japan. Pvt.
QuM entered the Army in
March of 1951.
President Truman and the At
torney-General should promptly
“find the means to bring to jus
tice the assassins of’ Mr. and
Mrs. Harry T. Moore in Mims,
Fla., a group of 45 professors,
! research scientists and graduate
students in the bio-chemistry
department of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of
Columbia University say in a
statement recently made public
here.
Alarmed by the inaction in
the Moore case since the fatal
bombing of the couple in their
home last Christmas night, this
group of scientists, representing
the majority of the members of
the department, have sent their
statement to the President and
Attorney-General urging them
to move “without regard to the
obstructionist actions and views
of any Florida officials.”
The murder of Moore, states
)
WASHINGTON
Walter White, executive sec
retary, and Thurgood Marshall,
special cotmsel, respectively, of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
were among participants In the
conference on the courts and'
racial integration in education
at Howard University, April 18-
18.
Reviewing the history of the
NAACP legal efforts to end seg
regation In all public education,
Marshall explained why the
fight was initiated at the Uni
versity level. At that level, "he
told the conference today, “no
provision for Negi^ education
was a rule rather than the ex
ception.”
Moreover, he asserted, “the
difficulties incident to providing
equal educational opportunities
even within the concept of the
‘separate but equal’ doctrine
were insurmountable. To pro
vide separate medical schools.
law schools, engineering schools
and graduate schools of all the
variety of offerings available at
most state universities would
almost be a financial impossi
bility. . .It was felt that if effort
at this level was pressed with
sufficient vigor many states
would capitulate without exten
ded litigation.”
The “separate but equal” doc
trine, the NAACP lawyer -said.
Merrick'Moore P.-T. A. Ho
Founder's Day With Pagean
nqrs
la^
The Merrick-Moore P. T. A.
honored Founders Day of the
National Congress of Parent
Teachers Association at its meet
ing Monday, April 21, with a
short pageant “The Shining
Road.” Tbe following paroits
participated- .lola..
son, Mrs. Geneva Love, and Mrs.
Zelma Holloway.
A brief history of former
parent Teachers Association of
Durham County was given
which included Mill Grove P.T.
A. which was organized in the
fall of 1927 by Miss Amey Par
ham, with Charlie Lawrence as
first president, the Rocky Knoll
P.T.A. organized in September,
1926 with Charlie Page as first
president, and Page School* P.T.
organized in 1926 by Mrs. E.
D. Dunlap with ^Idney Evans as
President.
The above mentioned groups
were consolidated in September,
1950 as the Merrlck-Moore
Parent Teachers Association un
der the leadership of its present
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“stUl stands in the road blocking
full equality of opportunity.”
However, he pointed out, “re
cent cases have been closing the
doors of escape from a clear cut
determination of the validity or
invalidity of this doctrine.”
Despite some setbacics, “the
promise of victory is so clear
that even South Carolina and
Georgia will have- Integrated
schools within our lifetime,”
White said at the dinner meet
ing of the conference tonight.
Court action, to which “there, is
no alternative,” the NAACP
executive asserted, must be
backed up by political and legis
lative action to prevent imeco-
nomlc expenditures of public
fimds to maii^in segregated
education and' by~iT j^blic fe^
lations program pointing up the
inequities and wastefulness of
the dual school system.
Those Negroes who have ac
qulfed a vested Interest in Jim
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NAACP SEEKS WORKER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
A vacancy for a field secretary to be assigned to North
darolina was announced last week by Walter White, executive
tMKretary ait the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
’The national board of directors at Its regular monthly
'^BMetiax tas> week vated te cnpUqnTfiiad secretary to
f assist NAACP branches, yoath oouneils and eellege cbap-
\ ters In North Carolina in conducting membership drives
and promoting the Association’s program In that state.
NAACP field workers are required to havy« college
education or its equivalent. Application should^be made to
Gloster B. Current, NAACP director of branch*, at 20 West
40th Street, New York 18. New York.
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, “is cause
for indignation and alarm in
every decent American com
munity,” the statement asserts.
“This political assassination cli
maxes a series of terrorist acts
to form a clear pattern of forCe
and violence directed against
minority groups and those who
strive to guarantee to all citi
zens the full rights of citizen
ship,” the scientists charge.
The country, they maintain,
“holds Fuller Warren, Governor
of Florida, the United States
ident of the United §tates ac-
Attorney-General, and the Pres-
Negroe and white Florida lead
ers who by their, courageous de
fense of Constitutional rights
have incurred the hatred of
Klan-minded terrorists.”
Meanwhile, W^ter White, N-
AACP executive secretary, who
made an on-the-scene investiga
tion of the idllings, received a
letter from FBI (Thief J. Edgar
Hoover giving assurance “tliat
no effort is being spared and
tiiat there has been no slacken
ing in pace” in the investigation
of the case. Despite “investiga
tive problems,” Hoover said
“we are all hoping for success
in the not too distant future.”
Fresh Russian Soldier Gets
Face Slapped By Soprano
FRANKFURT, GERMANY
Charming Negro soprano,
Helen Phillips revealed this
week that she iiad to exercise
a woman’s prerogative on a
fresh male by slapping his
face. Only this fresh male was
a Russian soldier, who’s sup
posed to know how to stay in
his place. However, he thought
American Negro women were
“interested in the Soviet men.”
This "international incident”
which has been reported to top
commission officials in Geri
many, occurred in a train in
' the Soviet zone of Austria
where Miss Phillips was on
concert tour. “He and his of
ficer came into the compart
ment and the soldier tried to
to get fresh with me,” she ex
plained. “Thgr apparently iiad
been drinking. He tried to get
MISS HELEN PHILLIPS
me to talk politics — he said
Truman is a fascist and
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Catholic School
In Texas Admits
Negro Shident
NEW YORK
For the first time, a Negro
student has been admitted to a
previously all-white Catholic,
high school in San Antonio,
Texas, according to word re
ceived here by Herbert L.
Wright, youth secretary of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
This “precedent-shattering
achievement,” Wright said,
“will aid the NAACP materially
in the fight to abolish segrega
tion in the public schools o? the
South.”
The new student is a member
of the San Antonio NAACP
youth council.
Fire A. and T. College Causes
$40,000 Damage To Crosby Hall
Dr. L. R. Swift has accepted
-an- imrltattaaraa guest cMnic-
lan and laetorer, to tbe Pal
metto Medical, Dental and
Pharmaceatioal Association to
be held in Columbia, South
South Carolina, April 22-25,
He will leeture on “Uterine
Bleediag."
2 Million Auto
Casualties In
Nation In 1951
HARTFORD, CONN.
Nearly two million casual
ties, the worst automobile ac
cident toll iii the nation's his
tory, were recorded in 1951,
according to figures released
by The Travelers Insurance
Companies. *
The death and injury totals
are highlight statistics from
“Lucky You,” eighteen in the
annual series of traffic acci
dent data booklets published
by The Travelers.' The com
pany collects and analyzes ac
cident statistics from each
state.
More than 13,000 persons
were killed f'and 570,000 in
jured last year by drivers who
were exceeding the sspeed
limit, according to the report.
Excessive speed was “far and
away the most dangerous mis
take in driving” in 1951.
GREENSBORO
A fire that started in an auto
mobile mechanics shop Tuesday
afternoon caused nearly $40,000
damage to one of the oldest
buildings on the campus of A.
and T. College. I
department.
Students assisted
removing bookstore tmtfUtm,
machinery, and otkat a«Hlv-
ment frojn the building.
A car undergoing repairs in
the shop was burned and much
Members of the Greensboro | of the building was damaged by
fire department were summoned ' water.
to the college to comtmt a blaze ‘
which reportedly started when j Rirfl
a cigarette ignited gasoline | ^“nounce Dira
fumes during the transferrmg of I
gasoline from an automobile to |
an open container.
NAACP MEET
The Durham Branch of the
NAACP will hold Its regular
monthly meeting at the Cos
mopolitan Methodist Church,
-FiqFeMevilU-^ Street,. Sanday,
Sunday, April 27 at 4 p. m.
The final- report in die cur
rent membership drive will be
presented at the meeting. A
special feature will be music
by the Amey Jubilee Singers.
Irvin Holmes, Jr. won first
place in the sixth annual John
Avery Boys’ Club bird house
contest, with his house for a red
headed woodpecker. '
Second place went to James
Paul Freeland for his bluebird
house. Third place went to Hay
wood Brown for his flicker
house.
Crosby Hall, 58-ycar-old
building en the. A. and T.
Campus, was severely dam
aged when flames spread a-
bovl the auto mechanics shop
te the second story of the
structure.
Crosby Hall houses the fine I
arts department, nine classmans, j
the School of Education and Sci- Prizes were donated by the
ence, the college bookstore, post-1 Durham Business and Profess-
office, grill, and maintenance; ional Chain. —
Mrs. Hattie Covington Trent
Dies After Lengthy Illness
SALISBURY I
Mrs Hattie Covington Trent,
wife of President William John
son Trent of Livingstone Col
lege, Salisbury, North Carolina,
died Saturday, April 12, in the
Rowan Memorial Hospital fol
lowing a prolonged illness.
Memorial services were held
Tuesday, April 15, in the Col
lege Chapel' before - ediicate?»,
church leaders, students, faculty
membersi and friends. The eulo
gy at the brief services was de
livered by Bishop Raymcmd L.
Jones, D.D., superviser of the
Eleventh episc^l district of
the AME Zion Church. Inter-
mrnt followed at Ashley Chapel
AME Zion Church in Richmond
Countjrnear Rockingttam.
She is survived by he» hus
band and his three children, W.
J. Trent, Jr., New RocheUe. N.
'V.. Mrs. Altona Trent Johns,
Montgomery, Ala., Mrs. Estelle
Trent Stewart,Sill, Okla;
her mother, Mrs.
-Boekingfaam, and C. B.
Covington, HaMlett,; three
ters, Mrs. Gladys C. Rush, r
ingfaam, Mrs. Viola C. Mtenia.
Burlington, and Mrs. Bvalya C.
Sinton, Roosevelt, Lone Islawd,
N. Y., and many other retetlvea
and friends. •